Tennessee: 6th in Teen Fatalities

"A study of teen fatality rates by the insurance company Allstate showed that Tennessee ranked sixth in the nation for driving deaths and the Nashville region fourth among 50 metropolitan areas in the study." For more on the story, see WBIR.

While driver training is a key missing ingredient in Tennessee, I suspect cellphone usage, texting while driving, and underage consumption of alcohol also play a significant role in Tennessee's poor ranking.

The Tennessee General Assembly recently acted on two of these issues by prohibiting texting while driving and adding criminal penalties for those allowing underage consumption of alcohol on property under their control.